16 March 2010
ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Gary M. Gaertner Jr. and the retirement of Judge Larry L. Kendrick: 55 applicants, 18 women, 37 men, four minorities, 51 non-minorities, 30 presently employed in the private sector and 25 presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 51.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 55 applicants:
| Lawrence J. Altman | Bruce F. Hilton | Patricia J. Redington |
| Douglas R. Beach | Timothy E. Hogan | Mary Bruntrager Schroeder |
| John N. Borbonus | Dale W. Hood | Thea A. Sherry |
| Joseph R. Burcke | Lisa Hope Howe | Grant J. Shostak |
| Jason D. Dodson | Phillip E. Jones, Sr. | Clarence T. Smallwood |
| Judy P. Draper | Terry L. Jones | Joan M. Swartz |
| Joseph S. Dueker | Bonnie Joyce Kelley | Denise L. Thomas |
| John J. Duepner, Jr. | Kristine A. Kerr | David R. Truman |
| Nancy E. Emmel | Alan M. Key, Jr. | Matthew D. Vacca |
| Sandra Farragut-Hemphill | David C. Knieriem | Joseph L. Walsh, III |
| Charles L. Ford | Gary J. Krautmann | John D. Warner, Jr. |
| Lawrence C. Friedman | John R. Lasater | Nancy M. Watkins |
| Edward M. Goldenhersh | Brian H. May | Thomas Weaver |
| Robert J. Goldson | Margaret M. McCartney | Kimberly D. Whittle |
| Mary W. Greaves | Edward F. McSweeney | Patricia A. Wilcox |
| Michael D. Hart | Seán J. O’Hagan | Lawrence Wittels |
| Matthew H. Hearne | Lawrence J. Permuter | Ferne P. Wolf |
| Susan Herold | Susan McDowell Petersen | |
| William Laird Hetlage | Thomas J. Plunkert |
The commission will meet beginning at approximately 9 a.m. March 19 at the St. Louis County Library, Clayton, Missouri, to select three nominees for each vacancy from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration.
The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Chief Judge Kenneth M. Romines of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Deborah Champion, Patrick Dudley, Laurie Westfall and Richard Wuestling IV.
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Contact: Laura Roy
(314) 539-4300